Yarn-reel.



A. E. RHOADES. YARN REEL.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 1,1908. 920,777. Patented May 4, 1909.

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A. E. RHOADES. YARN REEL. APPLIUATION FILED DEO.1,19 0B.

Patented May 4, 1909.

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ALONZO E. RHOADES, OF HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO DRAPER COMPANY, OF HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

YARN-REEL.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALoNZo E. RHOADES, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Hopedale, county of Vt orcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented an improvement in Yarn-Reels, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like numerals on the drawing representing like parts.

This invention has for its object the production of a yarn reel having various novel features of construction and arrangement relating more particularly to the mechanism for ineasuri g the length of the yarn wound upon the swift andfor effecting automatically the stoppage of the apparatus when a hank of predetermined length has been con:- pleted.

Inasmuch as certain features of the apparatus herein shown are old they will be referred to only in such detail as will be sufficient to a proper understanding of such parts in connection with the novel features. Such novel features will be described fully in the subjoined specification and particularly pointed out in the following claims.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the driving end of a yarn reel with my present invention embodied therein, one end of the swift being shown and a portion of the traversing guidebar; Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the irregular section 22, Fig. 1, looking toward the left; Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the clock or measuring mechanism; Fig. 4 is an inner side view of the gong and striker, at the left of the line 41-4, Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is an inner side elevation of the scroll which in practice forms a casing for other parts of the measuring mechanism, the differential pinions also being shown; Fig; 6 is a view of the disk which is rotatably mounted in the open end of the scroll, the view showing the disk as it would appear when looking at it flO'il'l the left, Fig. 3, supposing the scroll and gong to be removed; Fig. 7 is a top plan view, broken out, of a portion of the shipper releasing means.

The main driving shaft 1, having a bearing in the end frame 2, has connected with it the reel or swift comprising the longitudinal bars 3, Fig. 1, connected by arms 4 with the center shaft 5 and is of usual construction in apparatus of this character, the swift being rotated by the main shaft 1. The latter is provided with fast and loose pulleys 6, 7, Figs. 1 and 2, to receive a belt-from a suitable Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. December 1, 1908.

Patented May 1, 1969.

Serial No. 165,549.

source of power, the belt in practice being shifted from one to the other pulley by a shipper 8 slidably mounted on fixed guide 9, lever 10 having a fixed fulcrum on bracket 11 being connected at one end with the ship per by a link 12. At its other, upper end said lever is pivotally connected by a stud 13 with a horizontal shipper rod 14 extended the length of the reel frame and slidably sustained in bearings 15 on the front board 16, this construction being substantially of well known construction.

The shipper is shown in Fig. 1 in running position, and herein I have provided means to retain it in such position and to move it into stopping position automatically.

Referring to Fig. 7, a controller, shown as a rod 17, is supported in suitable bearings, as 18, adjacent and parallel to the shipper rod and provided with a fixedly attached, forked collar 19 which loosely embraces said shipper red, the forked portion of the collar being adapted to engage a collar 20 fast on the rod 1 1.

A strong actuating spring 21 is coiled around the controller 17 between the forked collar and an adjacent one of the bearings 18, the spring tending when "free to act to move the controller and the shipper rod to the right, Fig. 7, to thereby swing the lever 10 and through the link 12 shift the shipper 8 t0 the left, Fig. 1, to shift the belt from the fast to the loose pulley.

The controller has fast upon it near its outer end a coned. collar 22 behind the flat face of which rests a latch 23 when the apparatus is running, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 7, the latch thus acting to retain the actuating spring 21 compressed and the shipper in running position.

When the latch is withdrawn from cooperation with the collar 22 the controller 17 is released, the spring expands, and through the connection between the controller and the shipper rod 14 the shipper is moved to stopping position.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 7 the upper end of the latch is notched or shouldered at 24 for a purpose to be described, and said latch is pivoted at its lower end at 25 on an extension 26 secured to a strut 27 forming a part of the main frame, the extension having a stop 28 to cooperate with a lug 29 on the lower end of the latch to limit retractive movement thereof.

The novel mechanism for releasing the latch will be described hereinafter in connection with other parts of the apparatus.

Outside of its bearing on the end frame 2 the main shaft 1 has an attached bevel gear which meshes with and drives a similar gear 31 fast on an upright shaft 32 supported in fixed bearings 33 on the frame, a pinion 34 fast on the upper end of the shaft meshing with a pinion 35 having its shaft sustaineril in an extension 36 of the upper bearing 3 Said pinion 35 carries a disk 37 having connected wrist-pin 38 pivotally attached to one end of a link 39, the inner end of the latter being connected at 46, Fig. 1, with the usual traversing guide-bar 41, provided in practice with pig-tails or other guides for the yarns, the guide-bar being reciprocated longitudinally in usual manner by or through rotation of the disk 37, as will be manifest. The traverse motion is actuated from the main shaft 1 through the shaft and in my present invention I have provided means whereby the measuring mechanism is actuated from said shaft, as will be described. A worm 42 on shaft 32 meshes with and drives a worm gear 43 fast on the outer end of a horizontal shaft 44 rotatably mounted in a fixed sleeve bearing 15, a large gear 46 being secured to the inner end of shaft 1 1 and meshing with an intermediate change gear 47 the short shaft of which is carried by a bearing 48 adjustably mounted on an arm 49 extended from the bearing 45. By this arrangement intermediate gears of different diameters can. be used between the gear 16 and a small gear or pinion 50 the shaft 51 of which, see Fig. 3, is shouldered to receive the pinion, held fast thereon by a nut 52, the shaft rotating in a fixed bearing 53, Figs. 1 and 3.

The outer or left-hand end of the shaft 5]. has fixed upon it a disk 54, shown separately in Fig. 6, carryingan eccentric stud 55 on which is rotatably mounted a wide-fac .d pinion 56, herein shown as provided with sixteen teeth, said pinion having a planetary motion as it is revolved bodily with the disk 54 and also rotates on its own axis 55.

As shown in Fig. 3 the outer end of shaft 51 is centrally socketed to receive loosely the reduced end 57 of a stud 58 fixedly mounted in a bracket 59 on the main frame, the stud having attached to it a gong 60 and an. arm 61 on which is mounted a rocking, spring controlled hammer or striker 62, of usual construction, the spring normally holding a tail 63 (fast on the hammer shaft) against a stop 64 on the arm 61, see Figs. 3 and l.

Adjacent the outer end of shaft 51 a pinion 65 is fixed on the stud 53 in mesh with the planetary pinion 56, a second pinion 66 also in mesh with pinion 56 being fixedly mount ed on the shouldered hub 67 of a cylindrical casing 68 provided on its exterior with a scroll 0r spiral groove 69, the disk 54 entering inner end of the casing, as shown in l. there 3y inclosing the planetary d the differential pinions 65 and 66. hub 67 is mounted to rotate on stud between the stationary pinion 65 an d the hub of the arm 61, so that while the scroll-casing is free to rotate it is held from movement longitudinally of the stud 58. Pinion herein has nineteen teeth, and pinion 66 has eighteen teeth, and as the disk 54 is revolved the pinion 56 will be rotated on its own axis by engagement with the station 7y pinion 65, but such axial rotation of the pi....ion will in turn impart rotation to the differential pinion 66 and its attached scroll-casing. The shaft 51 and attached disk 54 rotate in the direction of arrow 70, F l, and the eodily revolution of pinion 56 with the disk causes the said pinion to rotate on its own axis the direction. of arrow 71, due to its engagement with the fixed differential pinion 65, but as the latter has 19 teeth, and the pinion 56 has 16 teeth the lat ter, meshing with the loose pinion 66 (hav- 18 teeth) will cause such loose pinion to rotate in the opposite direction, indicated by arrow 72, 1-.

g 0. As the loose differential pinion 66 is fixedly connected with the scroll casing 68 the latter will be turned in the direction of arrow 72, and at a very slow rate of speed.

In practice each. complete turn of the scroll 69 is equivalent to a given number of yards of yarn. wound upon the reel or swift, and I have arranged lug 73 on the face of the cas ing adjacent the gong 60, to engage the tail 63 of the striker 62 once for each revolution of the scroll casing, to thereby ring the gong in a manner easily .understood. Such an audible signal notifies the attendant that the scroll ms completed one turn, equal to a given number of yards, and l have provided the end of the scroll. with a recess 74 by cut ting through the cylindrical wall of the casing 68. The upturned tip of a finger or pawl 75, partly shown in dotted lines Fig. 2 is adapted to enter the scroll groove or spiral from below, the finger being fast on a sleeve 76 mounted to rock and slide on a horizontal guide rod 77 fixedly secured to the bracket 59, the sleeve having a f rontwardly extended arm 73 from which depends a pivoted link 79 last on a lateral hub or sleeve 80. Said sleeve is mounted to rock and slide on a horizontal rod 81 fixed on the front end of an arm 82 which is secured to or forms a part of the two-part eccentric strap 83, best shown in Fig. 2, which surrounds an eccentric 84 fast on the main shaft 1, and also for convenience made in two parts. Disks 85 fast on the shaft confine the strap in proper position on the eccentric, and as the shaft rotates the eccentric effects longitudinal movement of the arm 82 back and forth, the arm being held up in the position shown in Fig. 2 as long as the finger 's in engagement with the scroll. The arm travels in a guide 86 fixed to a bracket 87 on the end frame an l is therehv held from lateral nil venient, said arni havir adjustably attached to it by screws 88, l 2, a trip 89, having its end hoolzed at ant adapted to at times engage the shouldered the latch m The fight ol' the aid B l or La. parts suspended from the slceve ar inally acts to retain the ment with the bottom of and at the same time the vripp V trip 89 thereon will recipoca shouldered end of ti latch actuator or spring 21 Yr ill he he aiion, as shown in Fi When the reeling ol' the yarn has proc cd l'az' enough t lscroll ogposite the latter will he ol' the scroll, a, guide- :oil '7 09 into position he next haclrivzv' 3 is swung and the zutuating sprii .e' to move the shipper rod 1; 7, to thereby shit the belt cy n ill 7 to the loose L ey e, and n. is

stopped. it Will he evident the l the scroll rotates tlc hn er 75 must move laterally, and this is provided for by slidaoly' mounting the sleeve 76 and the hub on the "fixed gllllQ-lU-(lS 77 and 81.

If the full length oi yarn WlIlCll the scroll can measure 18 to no we ind upon the s it the finger 7 ll be applied to the scroll the startin point oi the spiral, as will be 1 l .i V ott n a shorter length ol yarn is to be Wound the i'nger will he started at such a point on the scroll as will e'ltect auto itic stoppage oi the appari length has been reeled.

An adjustable stop-collar 91 is mounted on the guide-rod 7 7 at the left of the sleeve 76, so that all the attendant has to do in resetting the iinger at the beginning ol' the reeling is to move the said finger until its sleeve abuts against the stop-collar.

The trip-carrying arn 82 has a constant stroke, and the adjus nt ol the trip 89 on the z rn provides for taking u; or for getting the trip into proper relation to the latch when the trip-carrier 82 is lowered to operative position.

lVhen the shipper rod 14 is moved to start the apparatus, (in practice by the renal handle not herein shov-rn) the controller rod 17 is moved with it, and the collar 22 is made conical at its outer end, as shown in Fig. in order to slide pa the latch 23 and let latter drop back hehind the collar iito lociing position.

The measuring or clock mechanism,

as it is frequently teined, is operated from the traverse-motion actuatin shaft 32 ol' gearin 4? i 4e, 47, to rope rotatlve sper l toe scroll 1s andthcp i id secin'eC through the difi'erential pinions 65, 66 and planetary pinion on the dish 5; driven iron the bllittll gear or p nion 50 of the above-L e1 e- A very length of :us, and

large ,ultaneou nuinher on and sci "3i i operate said filZ-lirllitY to tl the power, to normally 1; the act itor a device to cans, .ri i'nechanis" cooperating o 3 and the latter to release the it it to cause t 1 J. p: coetol 1 tne this 2. in means, including a spring actuator, to throw oil the power, a latch to normally maintain a yarn reel, a driving nien'iher,

said means inoperative, a trip, carrier therefor reciprocated by the driving meniher adjacent the latch, measuring mechanism, operating connections between it and the driving 111Q11"OZ, and means controlled by i it said niechani iito permit cooperation of the trip and latch to render the latter lIlO')8Tt tive When the measuring inechanisin indicates a predetermined length ol yarn reeled.

3. In a yarn reel, a driving ineniber, means, including a spring actuator, to throw oil the po er, a latch to normally maintain said means inoperative, a trip, a carri therefor rociprocated hy the driving ineniher adjacent the latch, nieasi ring niechanisni, including a la erally movahle rocking finger, operating connections between said inechanisrn and the driving ineinher,

and connections between the finger and the trip-carrier to retain the latter and the trip inoperative with respect to the latch until the finger is permitted to rock when a predetermined length of yarn has been reeled.

In appaatiis oi the class described, a swift, a traverse-motion, a rotatable driving nieinher operatively connected vith the swift and said traverse-motion, a shipper, a

, latch to retain it in running position, a spring to move the shipper to stopping position, and normally inoperative latch releasing means, combined with a rotatable casing pro vided with a measuring scroll, diilerential pinio s, one rotatable with the casing and the other fixed, a pinion in mesh with the dilterential pinions, ans to revolve said pinion bodily about the diiloi' ential pinions, to thereb eliect rotation 01" the scroll, a linger to travel in the scroll and adapted to rock vhen the end oi the scroll is reached, and a controlling connection between the linger and latch. releasing means, to etlect movement ol' i ich means to ope ative position when the finger rocirs and pe it movement of the shipper to stopping position.

5. in a yarn reel, a driving member, a traverse-motion actuating shalt driven by said member, a shipper, means to move it to stopping position automatically, a measuring scroll, dill'erential gearing to effect rotation thereof, a train ol' transmitting gears between said gearing and the actuating shalt ol the traverse-motion, a linger cooperating with the scroll and adapted to rock when the end ol the s roll is reached, and a controlling connection between the linger and the ship per inoving means to permit such means to move the shipper to stopping position when the finger reaches the end of the scroll.

6. ln apparatus of the class described, a driving member, a shipper, a spring to move it to stopping position, a latch to retain the shipper in running position, and a trip norinally reciprocated adjacent the latch by said driving nieinber, combined with a scroll,

transmitting and diil erential gearing between the driving member and the croll, to rotate the latter, a fixed guide parallel to the axis of the scroll, a finger mounted to rock and slide upon the guide and to cooperate with the scroll, a connection between the finger and the trip to prevent cooperation between the trip and the latch until the finger reaches the end of the scroll and is permitted to rock on the guide, and an adjustable stop on the guide to determine the point at which coop- "der the stopping instruinent'ality operative automatically when the measuring mechanisin indicates the reeling of a predetermined length 01" l aterial upon the swift.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALONZO E. RHOADES l Vitnesses GEO. V. BASSETT, EDWARD DANA Oseoon. 

